"I do not often talk about my struggle against the dictatorship of the smooth body .. Let me explain! One of the worst things it is the constant oppression of girls and women having to remove hair / shave on the entire body.""Nobody has the right to require you to do certain things with your body... Hair removal or not, makeup or not, fashionable or not, it’s only you who decide, not others. Dare, be authentic," added Laura.

However, instead of receiving positive comments, the photographs were given negative feedback. Some people were even verbally harassing Laura by posting inappropriate comments like these:

“Ouch, I’ve read the comments. I should’nt have. But there is more love than shit. It’s crazy. Keep going Laura.”“This is so violent, it’s staggering. I can’t believe that it’s possible to read these kind of comments in 2016…”

Laura's post received over 7,000 comments and almost 3,000 shares on Facebook. She mentioned that her photo was also being posted into private Facebook groups to be mocked.

"I never thought I would be the victim of harassment and insults," said Laura De to BuzzFeed France.

14 days after posting her black and white photo, she posted a behind-the-scene shot of the photoshoot and shared her thoughts on the bashing she's been receiving:

"I just wanted to say to all: thank you. To the hundreds of people who came to support me their comments, of their private messages, their shares of my pictures and art projects. Girls, boys and a-gender who you fight for a more just world with courage and inflexibility, you're my hero.""Love and tolerance are master word of our struggle, thank you for having so much spread. We change the world, because together, we are invincible," added Laura De on Facebook.Here's her full post:

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